2013–14 Buffalo Sabres season

NHL hockey team season

2013–14 Buffalo Sabres
Division8th Atlantic
Conference16th Eastern
2013–14 record21–51–10
Home record13–21–7
Road record8–30–3
Goals for157
Goals against248
Team information
General managerDarcy Regier (Oct. 2 – Nov. 13)
Tim Murray (Jan. 9 – Apr. 13)
CoachRon Rolston (Oct. 2 – Nov. 13)
Ted Nolan (interim, Nov. 13 – Apr. 13)
CaptainThomas Vanek (Oct. 2–27)
Steve Ott (Oct. 27 – Feb. 28)
Vacant (Feb. 28 – Apr. 13)
Alternate captainsChristian Ehrhoff
Henrik Tallinder
Drew Stafford (Mar.–Apr.)[1]
ArenaFirst Niagara Center
Average attendance18,543 (95.8%)[2]
(37 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)Rochester Americans (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsTyler Ennis (21)
AssistsChristian Ehrhoff (27)
PointsCody Hodgson (43)
Penalty minutesJohn Scott (96)
Plus/minusLuke Adam
Johan Larsson
Torrey Mitchell (0)
WinsRyan Miller (15)
Goals against averageMichal Neuvirth (2.56)

The 2013–14 Buffalo Sabres season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[3] The Sabres moved to the realigned Atlantic Division, which included the previous season's Northeast Division with the addition of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers and Detroit Red Wings.[4] Ron Rolston, who started the season as head coach, was fired after 20 games and replaced by Ted Nolan, who had previously coached the team from 1995 to 1997. In terms of point percentage, this is the worst season in Sabres franchise history, and the third worst in the salary cap era behind the 2016-2017 Colorado Avalanche and the 2019-2020 Detroit Red Wings.

Off-season

Ron Rolston was made the permanent head coach when Darcy Regier removed the interim tag from his title. Regier did not interview any other candidates for the position.[5] Rolston replaced Lindy Ruff who was fired the season before after serving as head coach for nearly 16 seasons.

Training camp

The Sabres' training camp saw the arrival of many highly touted prospects into the Sabres' lineup. Newly acquired first round picks Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov both made the opening day roster along with 2012 first round picks Mikhail Grigorenko, Zemgus Girgensons and 2011 first round pick Joel Armia. Armia and Zadorov were both injured in the pre-season and would not play right away.[6]

The pre-season saw the Sabres involved in a controversial game. In a road game at the Toronto Maple Leafs, a fight between Corey Tropp and Toronto winger Jamie Devane ended with Tropp injured. On the ensuing faceoff, Sabres' enforcer John Scott lined up opposite to Phil Kessel and attempted to engage him in a fight. A line brawl followed in which 209 minutes in penalties were handed out, including 11 fighting majors and 14 ten-minute misconduct penalties. During the fight, Maple Leaf David Clarkson would leave the bench to fight. Clarkson would later be suspended by the NHL for ten regular season games.[7] Phil Kessel received a three-game pre-season game ban for slashing Scott with the intent to injure.[8] Sabres Head Coach Ron Rolston was fined an undisclosed amount for "player selection." The fine was controversial due to the fact that Scott was on the ice the previous shift and the Leafs, being the home team, had last change.[9] Corey Tropp suffered a broken jaw and concussion in the fight.[10]

The day before the start of the regular season, Rolston named the new team captain. With the trade of team captain Jason Pominville the year before, the captaincy had remained vacant. Rolston used a rotating captaincy in the preseason. Steve Ott and Thomas Vanek were named co-captains for the 2013–14 season.[11] Ott would wear the "C" for all road games and Vanek would wear it at home. Christian Ehrhoff would wear an "A" during all games.

Regular season

Opening the season with a lineup that featured Zemgus Girgensons, Mikhail Grigorenko, Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov, the 2013–14 Sabres were the first team since the 1995–96 season to include four teenagers.[12]

On November 13, 2013, general manager Darcy Regier and Head Coach Ron Rolston were relieved of their duties. Former Sabre Pat LaFontaine was hired as President of Hockey Operations (a position that had been left vacant since the departure of Larry Quinn in 2011) and Ted Nolan was hired as the interim head coach.[13] After hiring Ottawa Senators' Assistant general manager Tim Murray to the vacant general manager position on January 9,[14] Pat LaFontaine resigned as President of Hockey Operations on March 1, 2014, to return to his previous position with the NHL.[15]

The Sabres made numerous trades leading up to and right before the March 5 trading deadline.[16] On February 28, they traded away veterans Ryan Miller and Steve Ott to the St. Louis Blues. Then on March 5, the NHL trade deadline day, they made three separate trades with the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals and Los Angeles Kings.

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins 82 54 19 9 51 261 177 +84 117
2 x – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 27 9 38 240 215 +25 101
3 x – Montreal Canadiens 82 46 28 8 40 215 204 +11 100
4 x – Detroit Red Wings 82 39 28 15 34 222 230 −8 93
5 Ottawa Senators 82 37 31 14 30 236 265 −29 88
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 38 36 8 29 231 256 −25 84
7 Florida Panthers 82 29 45 8 21 196 268 −72 66
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 21 51 10 14 157 248 −91 52
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 43 32 7 38 231 216 +15 93
2 AT x – Detroit Red Wings 82 39 28 15 34 222 230 −8 93
3 ME Washington Capitals 82 38 30 14 28 235 240 −5 90
4 ME New Jersey Devils 82 35 29 18 35 197 208 −11 88
5 AT Ottawa Senators 82 37 31 14 30 236 265 −29 88
6 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 82 38 36 8 29 231 256 −25 84
7 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 35 11 34 207 230 −23 83
8 ME New York Islanders 82 34 37 11 25 225 267 −42 79
9 AT Florida Panthers 82 29 45 8 21 196 268 −72 66
10 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 21 51 10 14 157 248 −91 52
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 15 Buffalo 5–4 Montreal SO Hackett 21,273 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 17 Buffalo 3–1 Columbus Hackett 9,009 2–0–0 Recap
3 September 19 Carolina 2–5 Buffalo Miller 17,626 3–0–0 Recap
4 September 21 Toronto 3–2 Buffalo SO Enroth 19,070 3–0–1 Recap
5 September 22 Buffalo 3–5 Toronto Miller 19,001 3–1–1 Recap
6 September 25 Columbus 0–3 Buffalo Enroth 17,346 4–1–1 Recap
7 September 27 Buffalo 0–1 Carolina Miller 12,033 4–2–1 Recap

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
Overall: 21–51–10 (Home: 13–21–7; Road: 8–30–3)
October: 2–12–1 (Home: 0–7–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 2 Buffalo 1–2 Detroit Miller 20,066 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 4 Ottawa 1–0 Buffalo Miller 19,070 0–2–0 0 Recap
3 October 5 Buffalo 1–4 Pittsburgh Enroth 18,641 0–3–0 0 Recap
4 October 8 Tampa Bay 3–2 Buffalo OT Enroth 18,243 0–3–1 1 Recap
5 October 10 Columbus 4–1 Buffalo Miller 18,210 0–4–1 1 Recap
6 October 12 Buffalo 1–2 Chicago Miller 21,261 0–5–1 1 Recap
7 October 14 Minnesota 2–1 Buffalo Enroth 18,111 0–6–1 1 Recap
8 October 15 Buffalo 4–3 NY Islanders SO Miller 10,512 1–6–1 3 Recap
9 October 17 Vancouver 3–0 Buffalo Miller 18,374 1–7–1 3 Recap
10 October 19 Colorado 4–2 Buffalo Miller 18,422 1–8–1 3 Recap
11 October 23 Boston 5–2 Buffalo Miller 17,645 1–9–1 3 Recap
12 October 25 Buffalo 3–1 Florida Enroth 12,984 2–9–1 5 Recap
13 October 26 Buffalo 2–3 Tampa Bay Miller 18,088 2–10–1 5 Recap
14 October 28 Dallas 4–3 Buffalo Miller 18,295 2–11–1 5 Recap
15 October 31 Buffalo 0–2 NY Rangers Miller 18,006 2–12–1 5 Recap
November: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 1–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
16 November 2 Anaheim 6–3 Buffalo Enroth 19,070 2–13–1 5 Recap
17 November 5 Buffalo 5–4 San Jose SO Miller 17,562 3–13–1 7 Recap
18 November 7 Buffalo 0–2 Los Angeles Enroth 18,118 3–14–1 7 Recap
19 November 8 Buffalo 2–6 Anaheim Miller 15,577 3–15–1 7 Recap
20 November 12 Los Angeles 2–3 Buffalo SO Miller 18,281 4–15–1 9 Recap
21 November 15 Toronto 1–3 Buffalo Miller 19,070 5–15–1 11 Recap
22 November 16 Buffalo 2–4 Toronto Enroth 19,447 5–16–1 11 Recap
23 November 19 St. Louis 4–1 Buffalo Miller 17,710 5–17–1 11 Recap
24 November 21 Buffalo 1–4 Philadelphia Miller 19,973 5–18–1 11 Recap
25 November 24 Detroit 3–1 Buffalo Miller 18,721 5–19–1 11 Recap
26 November 27 Montreal 3–1 Buffalo Miller 18,497 5–20–1 11 Recap
27 November 29 Toronto 2–3 Buffalo OT Miller 19,070 6–20–1 13 Recap
28 November 30 Buffalo 0–1 New Jersey OT Enroth 15,226 6–20–2 14 Recap
December: 5–5–2 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 0–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
29 December 5 NY Rangers 3–1 Buffalo Miller 18,088 6–21–2 14 Recap
30 December 7 Buffalo 2–3 Montreal Enroth 21,273 6–22–2 14 Recap
31 December 10 Ottawa 1–2 Buffalo SO Miller 18,594 7–22–2 16 Recap
32 December 12 Buffalo 1–2 Ottawa Miller 15,578 7–23–2 16 Recap
33 December 14 Calgary 2–1 Buffalo OT Enroth 18,368 7–23–3 17 Recap
34 December 17 Winnipeg 2–4 Buffalo Miller 17,795 8–23–3 19 Recap
35 December 19 Boston 2–4 Buffalo Miller 18,217 9–23–3 21 Recap
36 December 21 Buffalo 1–4 Boston Enroth 17,565 9–24–3 21 Recap
37 December 23 Phoenix 1–2 Buffalo OT Miller 18,942 10–24–3 23 Recap
38 December 27 Buffalo 3–4 Toronto SO Miller 19,405 10–24–4 24 Recap
39 December 29 Washington 1–2 Buffalo SO Miller 19,070 11–24–4 26 Recap
40 December 31 Buffalo 0–3 Winnipeg Enroth 15,004 11–25–4 26 Recap
January: 4–5–4 (Home: 1–3–3 ; Road: 3–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
41 January 2 Buffalo 1–4 Minnesota Miller 18,229 11–26–4 26 Recap
42 January 4 New Jersey 1–2 Buffalo Miller 19,070 12–26–4 28 Recap
– January 7 Carolina Buffalo Game rescheduled to February 25 due to hazardous weather in Buffalo.
43 January 9 Florida 2–1 Buffalo SO Enroth 17,872 12–26–5 29 Recap
44 January 12 Buffalo 2–1 Washington SO Miller 18,506 13–26–5 31 Recap
45 January 14 Philadelphia 4–3 Buffalo Enroth 18,667 13–27–5 31 Recap
46 January 15 Buffalo 3–4 Toronto SO Miller 19,372 13–27–6 32 Recap
47 January 18 Columbus 4–3 Buffalo SO Miller 19,070 13–27–7 33 Recap
48 January 21 Florida 4–3 Buffalo Miller 17,583 13–28–7 33 Recap
49 January 23 Carolina 5–3 Buffalo Enroth 18,468 13–29–7 33 Recap
50 January 25 Buffalo 5–2 Columbus Miller 16,272 14–29–7 35 Recap
51 January 27 Buffalo 0–3 Pittsburgh Miller 18,563 14–30–7 35 Recap
52 January 28 Washington 5–4 Buffalo OT Enroth 18,923 14–30–8 36 Recap
53 January 30 Buffalo 3–2 Phoenix Miller 13,000 15–30–8 38 Recap
February: 3–4–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
54 February 1 Buffalo 1–7 Colorado Miller 16,649 15–31–8 38 Recap
55 February 3 Edmonton 3–2 Buffalo Enroth 18,531 15–32–8 38 Recap
56 February 5 Pittsburgh 5–1 Buffalo Miller 18,408 15–33–8 38 Recap
57 February 6 Buffalo 2–3 Ottawa Enroth 18,426 15–34–8 38 Recap
58 February 25 Carolina 2–3 Buffalo Miller 18,719 16–34–8 40 Recap
59 February 26 Boston 4–5 Buffalo OT Enroth 19,070 17–34–8 42 Recap
60 February 28 San Jose 2–4 Buffalo Enroth 19,070 18–34–8 44 Recap
March: 2–11–1 (Home: 0–3–1 ; Road: 2–8–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
61 March 3 Buffalo 2–3 Dallas Enroth 14,235 18–35–8 44 Recap
62 March 6 Buffalo 3–1 Tampa Bay Enroth 19,204 19–35–8 46 Recap
63 March 7 Buffalo 0–2 Florida Neuvirth 14,402 19–36–8 46 Recap
64 March 9 Chicago 2–1 Buffalo Enroth 19,070 19–37–8 46 Recap
65 March 11 Nashville 4–1 Buffalo Enroth 18,659 19–38–8 46 Recap
66 March 13 Buffalo 2–4 Carolina Neuvirth 13,654 19–39–8 46 Recap
67 March 15 Buffalo 1–4 NY Islanders Enroth 14,388 19–40–8 46 Recap
68 March 16 Montreal 2–0 Buffalo Enroth 19,070 19–41–8 46 Recap
69 March 18 Buffalo 1–3 Calgary Lieuwen 19,289 19–42–8 46 Recap
70 March 20 Buffalo 3–1 Edmonton Hackett 16,839 20–42–8 48 Recap
71 March 23 Buffalo 2–4 Vancouver Lieuwen 18,910 20–43–8 48 Recap
72 March 25 Buffalo 0–2 Montreal Hackett 21,273 20–44–8 48 Recap
73 March 27 Buffalo 1–6 Nashville Hackett 16,729 20–45–8 48 Recap
74 March 29 Tampa Bay 4–3 Buffalo OT Hackett 19,070 20–45–9 49 Recap
April: 1–6–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
75 April 1 New Jersey 2–3 Buffalo SO Lieuwen 19,070 21–45–9 51 Recap
76 April 3 Buffalo 1–2 St. Louis Lieuwen 16,146 21–46–9 51 Recap
77 April 4 Buffalo 2–3 Detroit Hackett 20,066 21–47–9 51 Recap
78 April 6 Buffalo 2–5 Philadelphia Lieuwen 19,603 21–48–9 51 Recap
79 April 8 Detroit 4–2 Buffalo Hackett 18,710 21–49–9 51 Recap
80 April 10 Buffalo 1–2 NY Rangers Hackett 18,006 21–50–9 51 Recap
81 April 12 Buffalo 1–4 Boston Hackett 17,565 21–51–9 51 Recap
82 April 13 NY Islanders 4–3 Buffalo SO Knapp 18,804 21–51–10 52 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight year.

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters
Regular Season[17]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Cody Hodgson 72 20 24 44 −26 20
Tyler Ennis 80 21 22 43 −25 42
Drew Stafford 70 16 18 34 −19 39
Christian Ehrhoff 79 6 27 33 −27 38
Matt Moulson†‡ 44 11 18 29 −8 20
Tyler Myers 62 9 13 22 −26 58
Zemgus Girgensons 70 8 14 22 −6 14
Steve Ott‡ 59 9 11 20 −26 55
Marcus Foligno 74 7 12 19 −17 82
Jamie McBain 69 6 11 17 −13 14
Ville Leino 58 0 15 15 −16 10
Brian Flynn 79 6 7 13 −10 14
Matt D'Agostini† 49 5 6 11 −14 22
Thomas Vanek‡ 13 4 5 9 −5 4
Mike Weber 68 1 8 9 −29 73
Henrik Tallinder 64 2 6 8 −21 34
Mark Pysyk 44 1 6 7 −11 16
Matt Ellis 50 4 2 6 −6 4
Cory Conacher† 19 3 3 6 −7 16
Cody McCormick‡ 29 1 4 5 −8 45
Rasmus Ristolainen 34 2 2 4 −15 6
Johan Larsson 28 0 4 4 0 19
Mikhail Grigorenko 18 2 1 3 −3 2
Phil Varone 9 1 1 2 −3 4
Alexander Sulzer 25 0 2 2 −3 8
Linus Omark†‡ 13 0 2 2 −5 6
Torrey Mitchell† 9 1 0 1 0 4
John Scott 56 1 0 1 −12 125
Luke Adam 12 1 0 1 0 4
Nicolas Deslauriers 17 1 0 1 −10 18
Nikita Zadorov 7 1 0 1 −4 4
Zenon Konopka† 23 0 1 1 −4 33
Kevin Porter 12 0 1 1 −5 2
Jake McCabe 7 0 1 1 −3 15
Chad Ruhwedel 21 0 1 1 −3 2
Corey Tropp‡ 9 0 1 1 −8 0
Patrick Kaleta 5 0 0 0 −1 5
Chris Stewart† 5 0 0 0 −2 6
Brayden McNabb‡ 12 0 0 0 1 6

Goaltenders
Regular Season[17]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ryan Miller‡ 40 40 2,383:47 15 22 3 108 2.72 1411 0.923 0 0 2 0
Jhonas Enroth 28 26 1,574:14 4 17 5 74 2.82 834 0.911 0 0 0 0
Matt Hackett 8 8 426:06 1 6 1 22 3.10 239 0.908 0 0 0 0
Nathan Lieuwen 7 5 363:22 1 4 0 18 2.98 191 0.906 0 0 0 0
Michal Neuvirth† 2 2 117:03 0 2 0 5 2.56 98 0.949 0 0 0 0
Connor Knapp 2 1 76:31 0 0 1 4 3.12 32 0.875 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Zemgus Girgensons 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 October 2, 2013
Rasmus Ristolainen 1st Career NHL Game
Zemgus Girgensons 1st Career NHL Assist October 14, 2013
Kevin Porter 200th Career NHL Game
Nikita Zadorov 1st Career NHL Game October 19, 2013
1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 October 23, 2013
Rasmus Ristolainen 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 October 25, 2013
Tyler Ennis 200th Career NHL Game October 26, 2013
Johan Larsson 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point		 November 2, 2013
Tyler Myers 300th Career NHL Game January 18, 2014
Steve Ott 100th Career NHL Goal January 21, 2014
Phil Varone 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point		 January 23, 2014
1st Career NHL Goal January 28, 2014
Nicolas Deslauriers 1st Career NHL Game March 7, 2014
Drew Stafford 500th Career NHL Game March 11, 2014
Matt Ellis 300th Career NHL Game
Nathan Lieuwen 1st Career NHL Game March 16, 2014
Rasmus Ristolainen 1st Career NHL Assist March 29, 2014
Nathan Lieuwen 1st Career NHL Win April 1, 2014
Jake McCabe 1st Career NHL Game April 3, 2014
Nicolas Deslauriers 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 April 4, 2014
Chad Ruhwedel 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
Connor Knapp 1st Career NHL Game April 12, 2014
Jake McCabe 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point		 April 13, 2014

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

Trades

June 30, 2013[18] To Carolina Hurricanes
Andrej Sekera 		To Buffalo Sabres
Jamie McBain
2nd-round pick in 2013 – J. T. Compher
July 7, 2013[19] To New Jersey Devils
Riley Boychuk 		To Buffalo Sabres
Henrik Tallinder
October 27, 2013[20] To New York Islanders
Thomas Vanek 		To Buffalo Sabres
Matt Moulson
1st-round pick in 2015[a] – Colin White
2nd-round pick in 2015 – Brendan Guhle
December 19, 2013[21] To Edmonton Oilers
Conditional 6th-round pick in 2014[b] 		To Buffalo Sabres
Linus Omark
February 28, 2014[22] To St. Louis Blues
Ryan Miller
Steve Ott 		To Buffalo Sabres
Jaroslav Halak
Chris Stewart
William Carrier
1st-round pick in 2015[c] – Jack Roslovic
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 – Linus Nassen
March 5, 2014[23] To Los Angeles Kings
Brayden McNabb
Jonathan Parker
2nd-round pick in 2014 – Alex Lintuniemi
2nd-round pick in 2015 – Erik Cernak 		To Buffalo Sabres
Nicolas Deslauriers
Hudson Fasching
March 5, 2014[24] To Washington Capitals
Jaroslav Halak
3rd-round pick in 2015 – Robin Kovacs 		To Buffalo Sabres
Michal Neuvirth
Rostislav Klesla
March 5, 2014[25] To Minnesota Wild
Matt Moulson
Cody McCormick 		To Buffalo Sabres
Torrey Mitchell
2nd-round pick in 2014[d] – Vitek Vanecek
2nd-round pick in 2016[e] – Chad Krys
  1. ^ Pick subsequently traded to Ottawa Senators.
  2. ^ Condition not satisfied.
  3. ^ Pick subsequently traded to Winnipeg Jets.
  4. ^ Pick subsequently traded to Washington Capitals.
  5. ^ Pick subsequently traded to Montreal Canadiens, then to Chicago Blackhawks.

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract terms
Drew Bagnall[26] Houston Aeros 2 years, $1.1 million
Jamie Tardif[27] Providence Bruins 1 year, $550,000

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms
Mark Mancari[28] St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000
Adam Pardy[29] Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $600,000
Nathan Gerbe[30] Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $550,000

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date
Matt D'Agostini[31] Pittsburgh Penguins November 27, 2013
Zenon Konopka[32] Minnesota Wild January 3, 2014
Cory Conacher[33] Ottawa Senators March 5, 2014

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date
Corey Tropp[34] Columbus Blue Jackets November 28, 2013

Lost via retirement

Player
Jochen Hecht

Players released

Player Date
Linus Omark[35] February 18, 2014

Player signings

Player Date Contract terms
Matt Ellis[36] July 3, 2013 2 years, $1.1 million
Alexander Sulzer[26] July 5, 2013 1 year, $725,000
Rasmus Ristolainen[37] July 12, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Nick Crawford[38] July 19, 2013 1 year, $550,000
Brian Flynn[38] July 19, 2013 2 years, $1.275 million
Matt Hackett[39] July 23, 2013 1 year, $715,000
Luke Adam[39] July 23, 2013 1 year, $735,000
Corey Tropp[40] August 6, 2013 1 year, $577,500
Cody Hodgson[41] September 11, 2013 6 years, $25.5 million
Nikita Zadorov[42] September 25, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Justin Kea[43] April 1, 2014 3 years, $1.94 million entry-level contract
Jake McCabe[44] April 2, 2014 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Nicolas Deslauriers[45] May 26, 2014 2 years, $1.275 million contract extension
Linus Ullmark[46] May 27, 2014 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Brady Austin[47] May 29, 2014 3 years, $1.88 million entry-level contract
Nicholas Baptiste[48] May 31, 2014 3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Buffalo Sabres' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.[49]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 8 Rasmus Ristolainen Defense  Finland TPS (SM-liiga)
1 16[a] Nikita Zadorov Defense  Russia CSKA Moscow (KHL)
2 35[b] J. T. Compher Center  United States U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
2 38 Connor Hurley Center  United States Edina High School (USHS-MN)
2 52[c] Justin Bailey Right wing  United States Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 69 Nicholas Baptiste Right wing  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
5 129 Cal Petersen Goaltender  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5 130[d] Gustav Possler Right wing  Sweden Modo Hockey J20 (J20 SuperElit)
5 143[e] Anthony Florentino Defense  United States South Kent School (USHS-CT)
6 159 Sean Malone Center  United States U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
7 189 Eric Locke Center  United States Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
Draft notes[50]

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